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Biden administration delays plan to ban menthol cigarettes
The Biden administration is putting off its plan to ban menthol cigarettes until next March after an aggressive lobbying push by civil rights groups -- some sponsored by Big Tobacco -- who argued a ...
ABC7
LA County Board of Supervisors unanimously passes first vote to ban sale of flavored tobacco
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has unanimously passed the first vote for a proposed ordinance to ban flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and ...
WTVF
FDA says it’s moving forward with effort to ban menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday that it’s moving forward with its effort to ban menthol cigarettes, as well as flavored cigars. In a press release, the FDA ...
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When big tobacco invoked Eric Garner to fight a menthol cigarette ban
With San Francisco banning menthol cigarettes last year, and the Food and Drug Administration considering a nationwide ban, it seemed like the time was ripe for New York to follow suit. Then Reynolds ...
Washington Examiner
Biden under pressure to stick with menthol ban that buries him further with black voters
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf has privately asked public health experts and friends to lobby the White House to consider the long-delayed policy, sources told Politico. Califf believes Biden’s ...
Evansville Courier & Press
Feldman: It's time for the government to ban menthol cigarettes, vapes
In 2009, Congress enacted legislation authorizing the U.S. Federal Food and Drug Administration to comprehensively regulate tobacco and nicotine products. Included in that legislation was the ...
ABC7
Decades after 1st government warnings against smoking, officials torn on menthol ban
Aides to President Joe Biden remain divided on a plan to ban menthol cigarette sales, according to several people familiar with the matter who say concerns of voter backlash in the election and ...